A suitable job?: A qualitative study of becoming a nurse in the context of a globalizing profession in India

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 734-743

  Johnson, Sonali E ^a   Green, Judith ^a   Maben, Jill ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Careers; Gender; Globalisation; India; Migration; Nurses

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INDIA; NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CAREER CHOICE; INDIA; NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84897105378     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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